This agriculturally rooted town was named after state representative, John Bostwick for his dedication to the community.
Not only did Bostwick build a cotton gin, he also led the efforts to settle a railroad that would run from Bostwick to Apalachee and later find its way to Monroe.
In the 1920s, when cotton was king, Bostwick too was a booming town. It contained several cotton gins, a cotton seed mill, depot and train station, bank, hotel, dry goods business, a doctor, blacksmith shop, post office, businesses with gas pumps, and a masonry where the bricks were made for the businesses in town. Today, the town of Bostwick maintains one of the few operational cotton gins in Georgia, which has since been run by five generations of the Ruark family.
For many years, the town celebrated its agrarian roots with the annual Cotton Gin Festival, which brought together local food, arts, crafts and a tractor parade. This beloved event funded the restoration of the historic Susie Agnes Hotel, which many film aficionados will recognize from its film debut as the “Parker Hotel” in the 1992 hit “My Cousin Vinny.”
While the Cotton Gin Festival will no longer take place, the spirit of Bostwick’s agricultural past continues to thrive.
This agriculturally rooted town was named after state representative, John Bostwick for his dedication to the community.
Not only did Bostwick build a cotton gin, he also led the efforts to settle a railroad that would run from Bostwick to Apalachee and later find its way to Monroe.
In the 1920s, when cotton was king, Bostwick too was a booming town. It contained several cotton gins, a cotton seed mill, depot and train station, bank, hotel, dry goods business, a doctor, blacksmith shop, post office, businesses with gas pumps, and a masonry where the bricks were made for the businesses in town. Today, the town of Bostwick maintains one of the few operational cotton gins in Georgia, which has since been run by five generations of the Ruark family.
For many years, the town celebrated its agrarian roots with the annual Cotton Gin Festival, which brought together local food, arts, crafts and a tractor parade. This beloved event funded the restoration of the historic Susie Agnes Hotel, which many film aficionados will recognize from its film debut as the “Parker Hotel” in the 1992 hit “My Cousin Vinny.”
While the Cotton Gin Festival will no longer take place, the spirit of Bostwick’s agricultural past continues to thrive.